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The Hezbollah movement, a Shiite Muslim political party that is considered a terrorist organization by Israel and the U.S. , fired rockets into the country’s north in the July-August 2006 Second Lebanon War. Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, a...
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The photo of the legislative council seems to be recent, though - we saw similar daytime shots years ago. Call me a zionist, call me spy but the truth must be revealed. #Hammas is responsible for the #GazaBlackOut #Gaza power plant has fuel and it's...
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Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniya (R) in Gaza shakes hands with Islamic Jihad leader Mohammed Hendi during a protest after the Friday noon prayer held on February 17, 2012 in Gaza City in support of Khader Adnan, an Islamic Jihad senior member... View Photo »
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The governor was responding to the questioners references to violence against women and to association with Hamas, I think both of which are things that many people do associate as he said with Islamic terrorists ... He was referring to those things, and while he would welcome the opportunity to work wi...
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It is a terrorist organization that is ideologically committed to the destruction of the State of Israel. To quote from article 8 of its Covenant (1988), “[j]ihad is its path and death for the sake of Allah is the loftiest of its wishes.” Indeed, Hamas...
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In contrast, Haniyeh claims that this deal is a sell-out to the PA’s cowardly compromisers. Haniyeh was just in Tehran, where his hosts repeatedly warned him against the “compromising” traitors in Hamas’s ranks. Of course, the deal with the PA is...
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Feb. 19, 2012 at 3:02 PM TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A defense system used to protect Israeli cities from rocket attacks will be deployed in Tel Aviv for a drill, the Israeli military said Sunday. Known as the Iron Dome battery, the movable...
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Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, front left, is joined by his daughter Sarah as he returns to the Gaza Strip through Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt,Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Haniyeh's trip included a visit to Iran where... View Photo »
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the murder rate of women has increased 1,400 percent, press freedom has declined to the level of Russia, Prime Minister of Turkey has embraced Hamas and Turkey threatened military action against both Israel and Cyprus since the Islamist-oriented party took over.
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During that time, the Post mainly depicted Shalit's captivity as a test of strength between Israel and Hamas, paying scant attention to his deteriorating physical and psychological health during and after his lengthy captivity. As for the New York...
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Hamas (حماس Ḥamās, an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni paramilitary organization and political party which holds a majority of seats in the elected legislative council of the Palestinian National Authority. Full Article
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